Assessment of Livestock Feed Resources in the Farming Systems of Mixed and Shifting Cultivation, Gambella Regional State, Southwestern Ethiopia

Assessment of Livestock Feed Resources in the Farming Systems of Mixed and Shifting Cultivation, Gambella Regional State, Southwestern Ethiopia

Bizelew Gelayenew

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Ajebu Nurfeta

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Getnet Assefa

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Getahun Asebe Veterinary medicine, Infectious diseases, Veterinary Public health, Animal Science

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Assessment of Livestock Feed Resources in the Farming Systems of Mixed and Shifting Cultivation, Gambella Regional State, Southwestern Ethiopia

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The study was conducted with the objective of assessing available livestock feed resources from mixed farming system (MF) and shifting cultivation (SC) in Abobo woreda, Gambella Regional State. The study was done using a formal survey, focus group discussion, secondary data and field observations. Purposive sampling was employed to select 180 respondents (90 from each farming system) that have at least one livestock for the survey data collection. The number of cattle from MF was higher (p

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Bizelew Gelayenew. 2016. \u201cAssessment of Livestock Feed Resources in the Farming Systems of Mixed and Shifting Cultivation, Gambella Regional State, Southwestern Ethiopia\u201d. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research - D: Agriculture & Veterinary GJSFR-D Volume 16 (GJSFR Volume 16 Issue D5): .

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Country: Ethiopia

Subject: Global Journal of Science Frontier Research - D: Agriculture & Veterinary

Authors: Bizelew Gelayenew, Ajebu Nurfeta, Getnet Assefa, Getahun Asebe (PhD/Dr. count: 0)

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